Here are six updates from spine and orthopedic device companies over the past week:
The Latest
In the last month, two spine surgeon leaders have left Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins for other healthcare organizations on the East Coast:
Six games for an NHL team have been suspended after 25 players and coaches tested positive for a COVID-19 variant, according to ESPN.
Ron Matricaria, chairman of the Orthofix board of directors since 2014, will not seek re-election at the company's 2021 annual meeting.
Consolidation has increased among orthopedic practices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with four supergroups of 100-plus physicians formed in Texas, Florida, Tennessee and New Jersey in the past 13 months:
Hospitals are looking for new ways to compete with ASCs as outpatient migration continues across the orthopedic space.
Foot and ankle surgeon Greg Berlet, MD, has been appointed CMO of MedShape, an orthopedic device company in Atlanta.
Forbes' 35th annual list of the world's richest people in 2021 includes Gary Michelson, MD, a retired spine surgeon with a net worth of $1.7 billion.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming added Mark Ryzewicz, MD, to its board of directors, Powell Tribune reported April 6.
Spine surgeon Jay Khanna, MD, MBA, has been named to three leadership positions in Washington, D.C. by Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, according to the company.